Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) state transportation department members repairing a stretch of Interstate 87 near Albany, New York. The workers often find themselves inches from speeding traffic. This photo was used in the January, 2002, Work Force to illustrate the dangers DOT workers encounter daily. New York State Governor George Pataki had vetoed legislation for the second time that would have paid a hazardous duty differential to state Department of Transportation workers who work in or near traffic. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Tom Warzel, a plant utility engineer at the State University of New York in Buffalo. In 1997 Warzel appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman where he identified himself as a proud member of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, Special Assistant to the President Terry Melvin, and CSEA Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan converse at the Coaltion of Black Trade Unionists National Conference.
Congressman Michael McNulty attending an unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) event. McNulty represents New York's Twenty-first Congressional District.
New York State Senator Nick Spano with an unidentified person attending a Civil Service Employees Association event. Spano represents the 35th New York Senate District.
New York State Senator Chuck Schumer speaks at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region Women's Conference. CSEA Western Region President Robert Lattimer and Region Executive Vice President Flo Tripi are also pictured.
Buffalo Mayor Anthony Masiello speaks at a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) rally challenging Governor George Pataki's budget priorities, while CSEA member Karen Gambino signs for the hearing impaired and New York State Assemblyman Francis Pordum listens.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, was part of a priority campaign by the union to win a permanent cost of living allowance for New York's public employee retirees. The COLA and other pension improvements became a reality in 2000 because of the union's persistence.